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DNC Panel Advances New Hampshire’s Early-Window Bid as Ken Burns Backs Case

Delaware also moved forward as the other Northeast contender in a process that will conclude later this year.

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during an interview at DNC headquarters in Washington on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
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Overview

  • The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee voted in San Juan to let New Hampshire Democrats formally present their case for an early-window primary at a future meeting.
  • Members praised the NHDP’s 2028 application compared with last cycle and cautioned against relying too heavily on the state’s first-in-law in their pitch.
  • Delaware’s application also advanced, leaving it as New Hampshire’s sole Northeast rival as the panel reviews nearly a dozen bids.
  • Filmmaker Ken Burns urged the committee to restore New Hampshire’s lead-off role, highlighting the state’s citizen-led, retail politics tradition.
  • The review follows 2024 tensions when New Hampshire held an unsanctioned Democratic contest under its statute, its delegates were initially barred and later reinstated, and the GOP moved to keep Iowa then New Hampshire for 2028.